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This template should be used for all common nouns in Hausa.
Parameters
Main
There are three main positional parameters, two of which are required:
|1=
(required)
The noun's gender, which must be one of the following:
m
for masculine
f
for feminine
p
for plural (for nouns that have no singular form)
|2=
(required)
The headword, which must be marked for tone and vowel length as described at Wiktionary:Hausa entry guidelines.
|3=
(optional)
The plural form of the noun, if present.
Additional
All other parameters are optional and can be used to specify additional forms or suppress automatic generation:
|f=
: Feminine equivalent (for masculine nouns)
|f2=
, |f3=
: Additional feminine forms
|g2=
: Alternate gender
|pl2=
, |pl3=
: Alternative plural forms
|pos=
: Irregular possessed form
- Use
|pos=-
to suppress possessed form generation
Notes
- All forms (headword, plurals, possessed, feminine) must include appropriate diacritics.
- The template automatically generates possessed forms unless suppressed or manually specified.
Examples
{{ha-noun|f|màcḕ|mātā}}
{{ha-noun|m|mùtûm|mutā̀nē|f=mùtūnìyā}}
{{ha-noun|m|yārṑ|yârā|f=yārinyā̀}}